Unite union to ballot 10,000 members again after earlier poll judged unlawful
British Airways cabin crew will this week start voting in their fourth strike poll in 16 months as BA's worst ever industrial dispute rumbles on.
The Unite union is polling more than 10,000 crew over a general breakdown in industrial relations, including sanctions against staff who took part in 22 days of strikes last year. The ballot opens on Tuesday and follows a poll scrapped this month when BA successfully raised a series of legal objections.
Unite is braced for more legal wrangles when the poll closes in a month's time, amid expectations of another strike mandate. In the previous poll more than 5,700 staff voted for walkouts, a majority of 78.5% of those who voted.
A yes vote would raise the threat of walkouts over the royal wedding weekend (29 April) but Unite's general secretary, Len McCluskey, is thought to be against action at that particular time.
BA has vowed to run all its long-haul services during any strike, with a volunteer workforce drawn from non-crew payroll. In response Unite's main cabin crew branch, Bassa, is considering tactics such as work-to-rule protests.
"This has never been about pay or costs ? indeed peace would cost BA not a penny," said McCluskey. "This is about our members' determination to stop a bullying employer." BA has consistently denied allegations of bullying.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/27/britishairways-unite
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